robert.meyer86

Hello Fediverse,

I would like to receive some feedback on this idea I have been kicking around, and see if others might be interested in contributing. I have a basic prototype that proves out most of the technology, but not much beyond that.

The basic general description is an Iroh based identity layer for the open web. This platform would serve three primary functions:

1. Preserve and consolidate social graph data in an encrypted local storage vault, allowing for import, display, and management of media and posts from both walled garden platforms and open platforms.
2. A "universal translator" across open platforms, allowing for seamless connection between activitypub, AT protocol, and rss subscriptions. You are able to link mastodon, Lemmy, pixelfed, loops, and blusky accounts and your legacy social media imports can also generate RSS subscription feeds for your previous Instagram or YouTube (among other platforms) subscriptions, with all this content showing up in a single filterable fleed.
3. Identities can be linked to any unique URL, using an umbrella DID. That URL can be any location the user chooses, including an indieweb page, a spacehey.com profile, or any other site the user controls and is able to host the corresponding DID document for cross platform identification.

There are many more details and features I have in mind that this architecture could facilitate, but this is the overarching basics of what I had in mind. I am very open to critique or analysis of this architecture, potential issues and limitations, as well as ideas for modification.

I would also welcome collaborators and contributors if there is interest, and I can open up the project for whoever may be interested. Let me know!

I have been exploring ways to increase connectivity and overall audience for the fediverse, and one way I have been considering is developing ways of linking fediverse accounts to the indieweb.

The way I am picturing this would work would require an identity layer that creates an umbrella identity for fediverse accounts, and links them to an indieweb url as a user's primary identity. This could be done using a DID system that has a series of methods that links these accounts to the site as the overarching identity. This could facilitate the development of new platforms that serve as a "universal translator" across fediverse accounts, bluesky accounts, etc, while also pointing to a users website as their primary profile, which could serve as everything from personal Myspace style websites to band/artist/business websites/portfolios. This could be a way for users to seamlessly browse between the indieweb and the fediverse, and could allow for easy syndication of content across platforms, in a more comprehensive way than current tools allow.

Could this work, and what sorts of issues might it present in terms of presenting a coherent link between platforms?